{"id":164477,"date":"2025-07-10T00:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T00:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/164477\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T00:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T00:12:09","slug":"mets-orioles-rainout-complicates-carlos-mendozas-pitching-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/164477\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets-Orioles rainout complicates Carlos Mendoza’s pitching plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

BALTIMORE \u2014 Thunderstorms postponed Wednesday night\u2019s game against the Baltimore Orioles, which isn\u2019t exactly ideal for a team with a pitching staff in flux so close to the All-Star break. The Mets<\/a> aren\u2019t alone in trying to ensure their pitchers get the right amount of work before the four-day break, but a Thursday doubleheader will make that more complicated.<\/p>\n

This means left-hander David Peterson, who will pitch the first game of a split-admission contest at Camden Yards, won\u2019t pitch again before the break. The Mets knew that would probably be the case, but they\u2019ve discussed ways to get their starters in games this weekend in Kansas City to be able to keep them on a schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it was today or tomorrow, it was going to be his last until after the break,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said Wednesday afternoon at Camden Yards. \u201cHe gets an extra day here, he\u2019ll go tomorrow, and then we\u2019ll see him after the break again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mets have not yet named a starter for the second game. Without a full, healthy five-man rotation, the Mets are having to piece together pitchers for nine innings every five days, but Mendoza has stayed solid on his strategy of managing to win the game at hand, so he doesn\u2019t like to rule out specific relievers.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday, the Mets used right-hander Chris Devenski to open in front of left-hander Brandon Waddell. Devenski hasn\u2019t pitched since, so the Mets could go the same route if they choose to, though the likely candidate to be the bulk guy this time is right-hander Justin Hagenman, who started the first game of the Subway Series last Friday.<\/p>\n

Devenski would love to be used as an opener again, should he be given the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the challenge of anything in this game,\u201d Devenski said. \u201cWhere I\u2019m at mentally right now, I feel like I\u2019m in a good place. At the end of the day I\u2019m here to help the team, so whatever team needs, whether that\u2019s opening, throwing in the eighth, throwing whenever, that\u2019s what I\u2019m here for.\u201d<\/p>\n

The good news is the Mets will be getting two pitchers back this weekend.<\/a> Right-hander Kodai Senga threw a bullpen this week in Baltimore and will be activated off the injured list this weekend, and left-hander Sean Manaea made his final rehab start. He\u2019s set to join the Mets on Thursday before they depart for Kansas City.<\/p>\n

Senga will start Friday against the Royals, while Manaea will pitch Sunday.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s games against the Orioles will begin at 12:05 p.m., and 5:05.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s part of what we deal with, right?\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cGlad they made a decision early instead of having to wait around here too late at night and then having [to cancel[ later. It doesn\u2019t look good. So it is what it is. We\u2019ll be ready to go for two tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE \u2014 Thunderstorms postponed Wednesday night\u2019s game against the Baltimore Orioles, which isn\u2019t exactly ideal for a team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2374],"tags":[24729,143,47,2538,5,1443,1716,101,4,125,1268],"class_list":{"0":"post-164477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-orioles","8":"tag-all-star-break","9":"tag-baltimore","10":"tag-baltimore-orioles","11":"tag-baltimoreorioles","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-carlos-mendoza","14":"tag-kodai-senga","15":"tag-mets","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-orioles","18":"tag-sean-manaea"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}